Sickle-bar-holding device.



A. BENGTSON.

SICKLE BAR HOLDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 1911.

1,26 1,475. Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

ADOLF BENGTSOIN, OF HOLDREGE, NEBRASKA.

SICKLE-BAR-HOLDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed July 12, 1917. Serial No. 180,231.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLr Bnne'rson, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holdrege, in the county of Phelps and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSickle-Bar-l'lolding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sickle bar holding devices.One object is to provide a device for supporting a sickle bar during theprocess of sharpening the sections thereof so that the weight of thesickle bar will be taken from the hands of the operator. With theforegoing and other objects in view the invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described,pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing which forms a part of this specification and in which- Figure 1is a side elevation of my tion illustrating its use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts in both views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a pos provided with the spaced aperturedangle pieces 2, 3. Through the aperture in the angle piece 2 thethreaded end 4: of a supporting arm 5 extends, said arm-end 4- bcingadjustable vertically through the medium of the nut 6 which rests uponthe angle piece 2. An angular brace arm 7 is carried by the said anglepiece 3 and has its opposite end in supporting engagement with the saidarm 5. The outer end of said arm 5 terminates in a rounded portion 8above which a stem 9 extends which terminally carries the cotter pin 10.

A semi-circular clamping arm 11 formed with a plurality of perforations12 is adapted for engagement, through the medium of any of itsperforations, with the stem 9, said arm having a bearing upon therounded invenend S of the arm 5. The ends of the clamping arm arebifurcated for engagement with a sickle bar 13, set screws 14- carriedby said bifurcated arm-ends serving to frictionally retain the sicklebar in posit-ion. The sickle bar is supported in such manner that oneperson may readily move and adjust it to permit its teeth to engage thegrindstone 15 for the sharpeningoperation. The bifurcated ends of theclamping arm 11 are connected by hinges 16 to the body of the arm topermit manual adjustment. of the sickle bar.

What is claimed is:

1. In a sickle bar holding device, a post, spaced apertured angle piecescarried by said post, a supporting arm adjust-ably carried by one ofsaid angle pieces, a brace arm carried by the other angle piece forsupporting engagement with the said supporting arm, a stem terminallycarried by the said supporting arm, and a terminally bifurcated clampingarm, said clamping arm being formed with perforations to permit of itsengagement with said stem.

2. In a sickle bar holding device, a post, spaced apertured angle piecescarried by said post in alinement with each other, a supporting armadjustably carried by one of said angle pieces and terminating at oneend in a rounded portion, an angular brace arm carried by the othe anglepiece for supporting engagement with the said supporting arm, a stemterminally carried by the said supporting arm, a semi-circularperforated clamping arm formedavith bifurcated terminations adjustablycarried by said stem.

and a cotter pin carried by said stem.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A. BENGTSON.

Witnesses CARL M. OLSON, H. E. ERICKSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

